After the age of 35, both men and women start to slowly lose bone mass, but after menopause, women lose bone mass faster. Without the right kinds of exercise and a healthy diet bones can weaken early in life.
If you have any of the following risk factors for osteoarthritis, you should talk to a health care professional.
If you started the menopause before you reached forty five and:
Have more than two alcoholic drinks several times a week.
Are not active.
Have bad eyesight, even when wearing glasses.
Never had enough calcium.
Sometimes fall.
You are older that sixty five and:
A close relative has broken a bone or has osteoporosis.
Are underweight for your height.
Smoke.
Broke a bone after the age of fifty.
Health is poor or fair at best.
You are taking prescription medications such as:
Thyroid medicine.Antiepileptic medications.
Steroids.
Cancer treatments such as chemotherapy or radiation.
Immunosuppressive agents.
Gonodal hormone suppression.
You have one of the following medical conditions:
Vitamin D deficiency.
Rheumatoid arthritis.
Inflammatory bowel disease.
Chronic lung disease.
Hyperthyroidism.
Cancer.
Chronic kidney or liver disease.
Multiple sclerosis.
Cushing's disease.
Hyperparathyroidism.
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If you have any of the following risk factors for osteoarthritis, you should talk to a health care professional.
If you started the menopause before you reached forty five and:
Have more than two alcoholic drinks several times a week.
Are not active.
Have bad eyesight, even when wearing glasses.
Never had enough calcium.
Sometimes fall.
You are older that sixty five and:
A close relative has broken a bone or has osteoporosis.
Are underweight for your height.
Smoke.
Broke a bone after the age of fifty.
Health is poor or fair at best.
You are taking prescription medications such as:
Thyroid medicine.Antiepileptic medications.
Steroids.
Cancer treatments such as chemotherapy or radiation.
Immunosuppressive agents.
Gonodal hormone suppression.
You have one of the following medical conditions:
Vitamin D deficiency.
Rheumatoid arthritis.
Inflammatory bowel disease.
Chronic lung disease.
Hyperthyroidism.
Cancer.
Chronic kidney or liver disease.
Multiple sclerosis.
Cushing's disease.
Hyperparathyroidism.